The authors of a study published in the January, 2006, issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons are proposing a new numerical scoring system to describe the health problems obesity surgery patients (bariatric patients) have before their surgery and to assess improvement or elimination of these problems after
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New Scoring System for Evaluating Improved Health After Weight Loss Surgery
January 25th, 2006Surgical Technique May Reduce Need for Re-excision of Breast Cancer Site
January 6th, 2006A study published in the December, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests there may be a way for surgeons to cut the need for a patient to have a second operation at the site of their breast cancer excision or lumpectomy. A team of researchers from the University of Florida, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the University of Georgia reviewed
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